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Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy

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Emotionally focused marital therapy enables couples to identify and break free of their destructive emotional cycles such as when one person criticizes and the other withdraws. The therapy helps couples build trust in each other.

It is estimated that 70-73% of couples are satisfied with their relationship two years after being in this type of therapy.

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